Write less, achieve meh - HTML5DevConf 2014

Keynote at the HTML5DevConf 2014 in San Francisco, explaining how many of the outreach we do these days looks a lot like sales pitches in the mid-noughties. They will make more sense once the video is out.

WHO HERE WANTS TO Build rich apps across all platforms? Have amazing app performance without having to worry about your code? Concentrate on writing clean, scalable code using known software paradigms instead of knowing about browser quirks? Pick from an amazing collection of beautiful widgets that users will love?

THE FUTURE IS HERE!

WHERE INTERNET EXPERTS OF TOMORROW USE THE HOTTEST PRODUCTS OF TODAY TO BUILD RICH INTERNET APPLICATIONS!

5 CDs with 30 day trial versions of the best WYSIWYG editors on the market! 3 fully functional trial licenses for the widget-o- matic server from Macrohard! A cool mouse-mat! 10 vouchers for trial training sessions on our partner products!

GOOD THING THOSE DAYS ARE OVER.

OR ARE THEY?

Im the web Im an app Runs for 800 years without supervision and repairs itself Gets shut down remotely and has no spare parts.

TOTSCHLAGARGUMENT

LINKS, RESOURCES AND CONNECTIONS

BRINGING THE WEB TO APPS? http://applinks.org/ http://applinks.org/

UNICORNS EXIST, WE CAN STOP LOOKING FOR THEM http://www.flickr.com/photos/11454687@N03/13337677083

WEB MOBILE WEB

GOOD THING THATS OVER FAT, GREY AND ALMOST HUNTED TO EXTINCTION http://httparchive.org/

HOW COME?

WHATS WITH THE SUIT? WE KEEP OURSELVES BUSY

WE ADD BITS TO MAKE IT PRETTY

WE USE THIRD PARTY SOLUTIONS TO SHOW OFF

REDUNDANCY DENIED

BACK TO BASICS

WHAT WAS HTML5 MEANT TO DO DIFFERENTLY?

XHTML PUNISHED USERS FOR OUR MISTAKES

XHTML WASNT APP READY focused: fullscreen with a simple interface rich in interaction: touch enabled app interaction elements mobile: works oine integrated: works with the OS and has hardware access responsive and fast: runs smooth, can be killed without taking down the rest of the OS